More from Maddie’s Fund – and this one we should all be taking note of… A recent survey ‘Common Elements of No-Kill Success’, asked No Kill communities (that is, areas that community-wide are saving more than 90% of animal intakes) which programs were most important to saving the lives of their shelter animals. Now Australia […]

From the Canberra Times today; The ACT branch of the RSPCA has sought to distance itself from its NSW counterpart by showing it is euthanasing a far smaller percentage of dogs. The latest figures show that the RSPCA in the ACT had to put down 6.5 per cent of all dogs received by it last […]

Regular readers will know I love a good numbers crunch, so when on SBS’s Insight the other night Steve Coleman, RSPCA NSW CEO, said; I was delighted. And as it turns out, it wasn’t that that difficult. So first we look at the number of intakes killed; RSPCA NSW – Number of intakes killed Cats […]

From Christie Keith ~ “The goal of the No-Kill Movement is not the general, indefinable, unquantifiable, “feel-good” goal of “a more humane nation.” Nor is it “reducing euthanasia.” The goal is to end the use of killing as a tool of animal population control. There is therefore no better term to describe it than “No-Kill.” […]

In the United States there are now more than 50 No Kill communities (whole communities who save more than 90% of intakes), made up of over 200 pounds and shelters. New Zealand is well on the way to becoming a No Kill nation, with many ‘open admission’ SPCA shelters saving more than 94% of intakes. […]

I see rescue groups – new ones just starting out, and ones who’ve been around for years – working for a common goal of saving lives. I see small animal welfare organisation building enormous resources in the community; communicating with their supporters, volunteers and fellow rescues like never before. I see the integrity that comes […]

– a lack of positive marketing of individual pets – an inconvenient location, or opening hours – refusing to release pets to community rescue groups – a lack of rehabilitation programs for common behaviour and health issues – failures to reunited lost pets and owners – poor disease control procedures – a poorly run, or […]

Tonight I truly get to say I was a part of the revolution for shelter animals that is taking place in Australia. SBS Insight filmed in Sydney and I was enormously flattered to be offered the opportunity to speak on behalf of our movement and the homeless pets who will lose their lives unnecessarily in […]